Geographies of health

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This fourth annual special issue of the Annals of
the Association of American Geographers focuses on the
geographies of health, disease, and well-being. The call
for abstracts was issued in early 2010, and review of full
papers and revised submissions lasted from December
2010 to March 2012. Papers were sought to address
social, cultural, political, environmental, ... read more theoretical,
and methodological issues related to health and
well-being, including topics such as access to health
care, spatial disparities in health outcomes, the effect
of geographic context on health outcomes, mobility
and health, environmental health, development and
health, and space–time modeling and analysis of
health outcomes based on geographic information
systems (GIS). The purpose of the annual special
issues is to publish articles that reflect the range of
research contributions of geographers and scholars in
allied fields to contemporary issues of significant social
relevance. They seek to highlight work of geographers
around an important global theme and publish articles
covering a wide spectrum of the discipline in a format
accessible to a wide range of readers. show less

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